Biryani Kitchen in downtown Warsaw is accepting Christmas Bucks entries. Shown are owners Sivakumar Kannappan, left, and Karthik Chandrasekaran. The promotion is sponsored by The Papers Inc.

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By Phoebe Muthart
InkFreeNews

Temperatures are dropping and holiday morale is boosting just in time for The Papers Inc.’s highly-anticipated annual holiday promotion: Christmas Bucks.

Participating merchants from Kosciusko County take part in the annual promotion to lend a hand in alleviating Christmas shopping expenses.

This year’s Christmas Bucks promotion will be from Wednesday, Oct. 25 to Wednesday, Nov. 8.

The combined winners will receive a total of $3,000 Christmas Bucks, redeemable at participating merchants through Sunday, Dec. 31. The first-place winner will be awarded $1,000 in Christmas Bucks, second and third place will each receive $500, and fourth through seventh places will each receive $250.

To try your luck at one of the seven cash-equivalent prizes, you can cut out an entry form found in this edition or from any of the participating merchants.

You just have to leave your name, address, contact information, and the store you are participating through on one of the forms and leave it in the decorative Christmas Bucks box that will be on-site.

You do not have to make a purchase, nor do you have to be present to win. You can register each time you visit a participating store, but are allowed only one coupon per visit. Employees and their immediate families are not eligible at their place of employment.

Some additional rules are: to be eligible to win you must be 18 years old or older, ballot stuffers will be disqualified, and no mail-in coupons will be accepted.

The deadline to enter is at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14. The drawing will be held Monday, Nov. 20, at The Papers Inc. in Milford. Christmas Bucks will be redeemable at participating merchants through Sunday, Dec. 31.

Merchants participating in this year’s Christmas Bucks are:

• Ace Hardware, North Webster.
• Arby’s, North Detroit Street, Warsaw.
• Battery Tech LLC, Millersburg.
• Biryani Kitchen, Warsaw.
• Brouwer’s Carpet and Furniture, Warsaw.
• Burkholder Country Store, Nappanee.
• BZ Automotive Group, Ligonier.
• Clayton’s Garden Center, North Webster.
• Casey’s Erosion and Seed Solutions, Goshen.
• Chubbie’s Pub-N-Grub, Syracuse.
• Creighton’s Crazy Egg Cafe and Coffee Bar, Warsaw.
• Dental Solutions, Warsaw.
• Dockside Apparel and Gifts.
• Grandma’s Pantry, Wakarusa.
• Heritage Fabrics and General Store, Nappanee.
• H&L Motors and Decorative Beginnings, Warsaw.
• Hometown Pharmacy, Warsaw.
• JB’s Furniture, Warsaw.
• Monarch Medical, Warsaw.
• Millersburg Feeds.
• Millersburg Lumber.
• Neighborhood Fresh, Syracuse and North Webster.
• MPEC (formerly Jenkins Auto-NAPA), Nappanee, Wakarusa, Ligonier and Milford.
• NAPA Auto Parts, Warsaw, Syracuse, and North Webster.
• Old Time Pizza, New Paris.
• Olympia Candy Kitchen, Goshen.
• One Call Water Conditioning, Syracuse.
• Papa John’s, Warsaw.
• Pedals and Paddles, North Webster.
• Pine Valley Feeds, New Paris.
• Service Liquor, Warsaw.
• Simplify Tech, New Paris.
• The Spectacle Shoppe, Warsaw.
• Woodling Tire and Auto, Syracuse.

BZ Automotive Group on U.S. 6 in Ligonier is excited for ‘the PAPER’s’ Christmas Bucks promotion to begin.
Pictured from left are Andre Jernigan, business manager; David Western, sales; Oakley Kerst, sales; and Ethan Emahiser, sales.